by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 18, 2015 | HAM Blog, Technology
Lately I have been listening a lot to the most popular repeater here in the Netherlands (PI3UTR). I need to travel for work and listening to this repeater is a nice distraction. I now and then also talk with people but most of the time I’m just listening. Until a few...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 19, 2015 | HAM Blog, Popular, portable operations, Technology
After waiting for a pretty long time, my new gadget from China finally arrived! It’s a SARK100 antenna analyzer. I wrote about buying one, in February I think, so already some time ago! Most radio amateurs know that antenna analyzers are pretty expensive; starting...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Apr 4, 2015 | app store, apple app store, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, HAMQuickLog, iOS
I found out that my app; Mircules HAM QuickLog was used in the C5DX DXPedition to The Gambia in Africa! Most people that follow my blog will know that I’m the developer of Mircules HAM QuickLog which is an iPad app used for logging Radio Amateur contacts...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 25, 2015 | HAM Blog, operating practice, portable operations, Rules
Radio amateurs from Canada have been asking me the possibilities of operating with a Canadian HAM radio license in The Netherlands. Because I think this information can be interesting for more Canadian operators, I decided to post it here. Let me start by saying this;...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 23, 2015 | Contesting, HAM Blog, operating practice, Technology
A week or 2 ago I competed in the PACC contest. This is a radio amateur contest where operators from all over the world need to contact Dutch operators to collect points. A contest is always a good way to check your antennas, your radio and other equipment because you...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 22, 2015 | HAM Blog
Today I decided to buy a Chinese antenna analyzer. I already have a RigExpert analyzer and am very happy with it, so why did I buy another one?! Well, I must say that the price was a big reason to buy it. It’s only 77 euros (USD 88) which is very low for such a...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Feb 14, 2015 | app store, DXCluster, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, radio amateur apps
A few years ago I made a DX Cluster app for iOS (iPhone and iPad) called Mircules DX Cluster. I’m a freelance software developer and found it interesting to make some software for mobile devices for my amateur radio hobby. A DX Cluster app seemed like a nice...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Jan 14, 2015 | app store, apple app store, HAM Blog, ham radio apps, HAMQuickLog, iOS, portable operations, radio amateur apps
Previous week a new version of Mircules HAM QuickLog came out. As most people will know, QuickLog is a logging app for Radio Amateurs voor the iPad. I wrote about this earlier in another post. The 2 most important additions to the app are “import from...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 24, 2014 | HAM Blog, Technology
I got myself a Miracle Whip antenna! Although the things I read about it weren’t al that positive, I decided I wanted to get one anyway. Why did I get one after reading all these mixed reviews? Well, I was missing a HF antenna for one specific situation. 🙂...
by Cees (PA1CA) | Dec 21, 2014 | HAM Blog
Some time ago I had a contact with the king of Spain and I wrote about this in my blog. Now I got this short contact with him confirmed with a card! A lot of radio amateurs will confirm their contacts with a QSO card. QSO is the short term for “contact” or...
